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yesterday the obama administration urged the court to strike down doma. but the question is here, does the administration's position carry any weight with the court? maria? >> well, i think it does because clearly what we've seen is not just a change from this administration and from this president, but a change from the american people about where society is headed. i mean, let's make no mistake about this. we are talking about civil rights, about human rights, about the way that people are treated. and we're talking about going toward a place where those folks are treated equally, where our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters are able to enjoy the same rights as everyone else. and so i do think while they may not have huge standing in terms of making sure that -- that their decision is part of where the supreme court is going on this, i do think that it will have -- it will sway and it will be taken into consideration. >> amy? >> well, the doma case in front of the supreme court will be decided on its merits. i hope it's not decided based on the suprem
yesterday the obama administration urged the court to strike down doma. but the question is here, does the administration's position carry any weight with the court? maria? >> well, i think it does because clearly what we've seen is not just a change from this administration and from this president, but a change from the american people about where society is headed. i mean, let's make no mistake about this. we are talking about civil rights, about human rights, about the way that people...
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michelle obama's got the moves. while michelle obama is all smiles with jimmy, it's a different story back in washington. the countdown is on to $85 billion in forced spending cuts that will kick in on march 1st if congress and the president can't make a deal. no one will be dancing. state of the union host candy can crowley is in washington this morning. what's at stake here? >> well, depends on who you listen to. you have some folks on the republican side saying, this is not going to be the disaster everyone says it's going to be. on the other hand, we have had nothing but a stream of scenarios coming out of the administration, including the faa saying flights are going to be delayed because we have furlough some -- some of the control operators in the tower. you've had people say, we're going to are to close down some meat processing plants because there won't be, you know, inspectors have to be furloughed. we can't send a carrier to the persian gulf, et cetera, et cetera. so, there are consequences. there will b
michelle obama's got the moves. while michelle obama is all smiles with jimmy, it's a different story back in washington. the countdown is on to $85 billion in forced spending cuts that will kick in on march 1st if congress and the president can't make a deal. no one will be dancing. state of the union host candy can crowley is in washington this morning. what's at stake here? >> well, depends on who you listen to. you have some folks on the republican side saying, this is not going to be...
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. >>> president obama is pressuring congress to get to wo work. he wants a deal on those forced spending cuts that go into effect march 1st if no deal gets done. that means a cut of $85 billion this year. we've been telling you what those cuts mean to you. athena jones tells us what that means to you on early education. >> reporter: dropping her grandson off at an early head start center in virginia. give me a kiss. love you. >> they're all different sizes. >> reporter: she says the preschool program for low-income families is vital to his success. >> when they do get into kindergarten, they know their a, b, cs, they know how to count. my 7-year-old, she started off in early head start at 3. very smart, honor roll student and it came from early head start. >> reporter: ward supports three children by cleaning hotel rooms so she relies on head start for child care. her 3-year-old niece is on the wait list for head start but she could become up to 70,000 kids the administration says will be shut out of the program if forced spending cuts go into eff
. >>> president obama is pressuring congress to get to wo work. he wants a deal on those forced spending cuts that go into effect march 1st if no deal gets done. that means a cut of $85 billion this year. we've been telling you what those cuts mean to you. athena jones tells us what that means to you on early education. >> reporter: dropping her grandson off at an early head start center in virginia. give me a kiss. love you. >> they're all different sizes. >>...
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president obama said it's not just a gun issue here. it's also an issue of community, responsibility. he also spoke about one of chicago's victims of gun violence, 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. >> what happened to hadiya is not unique. it's not unique to chicago. it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are being taken away from us. >> remember hadiya was gunned down days after performing at one of the president's inauguration events. her parents were at yesterday's speech as well as tuesday's state of the union address. the bail hearing for olympic track star oscar pistorius is set for tuesday. until then he will be spending his weekend in a south african ja jail. double amputee known as blade runner is charged with murdering his girlfriend on valentine's day. his attorney says oscar pistorius denies the allegation. >>> da-14 asteroid is long gone by now. this is what it looked like through a high-powered telescope. it passed relatively close to the earth yesterday afternoon. close is estimated around 17,000 miles, tho
president obama said it's not just a gun issue here. it's also an issue of community, responsibility. he also spoke about one of chicago's victims of gun violence, 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. >> what happened to hadiya is not unique. it's not unique to chicago. it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are being taken away from us. >> remember hadiya was gunned down days after performing at one of the president's inauguration events. her parents were at yesterday's...
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president obama faced this criticism over plans to help more people go to college. now the president is focused on preschool, and thursday unveiled his new early education plan. amy, i'll talk to but this first. how does this new government-funded plan if over with conservatives? tough to argue, right? >> well, no, because it's a question of whether or not it's the federal government's role to be involved in education or a state function. a lot of conservatives believe it's a state function. education is only funded by the federal government by about 7%. i think in a way the president could get buy in on his pre-k plan is if he were to stug as a school choice program -- suggest it as a school choice program. parents could have vouch force send their child to any pre-k program of their choosing, i think you might see conservatives backing that. >> yeah. the argument may be that the funding is not going in the correct place and maybe won't help as many kids as planned. maria, what's your take? >> here's the issue with what amy said. first of all, it is what the presid
president obama faced this criticism over plans to help more people go to college. now the president is focused on preschool, and thursday unveiled his new early education plan. amy, i'll talk to but this first. how does this new government-funded plan if over with conservatives? tough to argue, right? >> well, no, because it's a question of whether or not it's the federal government's role to be involved in education or a state function. a lot of conservatives believe it's a state...